Gerry Oberst

The big topic on the regulatory front in Europe for 2008 will be the proposals the European Commission released in mid-November to amend the electronic communications regulatory framework. The package […]

The satellite industry must seek to persuade policy makers at the highest international level as well as at the national and regional level of the need to protect existing satellite […]

In the second half of 2007, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a batch of consultations and regulations that affect the burgeoning satellite broadcasting industry in India. […]

Evidence of satellite communications services can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In my family’s safari travel through Zambia and Botswana in August we saw numerous signs of satellite services in […]

The United Kingdom House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has issued a review of the country’s space policy. The 158-page report, released in July, assesses the space sector and […]

Convergence of services, platforms and technologies has been a theme in the communications industry for more than 10 years. The satellite industry now needs to focus on how the latest […]

A few months ago this column predicted an agreement would be reached on a formal European Space Policy in 2007. This prediction came true with a decision reached in Brussels […]

What is the likely role of satellite infrastructure for next-generation broadband deployment? Not much, if the answer is based on recent reports produced in the United Kingdom. Next-generation networks generally […]

Whether the European Union should set up an agency similar to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not a new topic. Similar proposals were covered in this column in […]

The struggle to preserve satellite communications using radio frequencies around 4 gigahertz is heating up. Because the satellite industry uses this C-band frequency around the world, in mid-February, an alliance […]

In mid-2005, European politicians declared that “European space policy will take off before the end of 2005.” It did not quite happen that way, as European voters rejected the European […]

The satellite industry is recognized as a provider of communication resources for emergency assistance and disaster relief. A brief survey of the international scene shows there is a structure for […]

What are the big issues likely to affect European satellite operators on the regulatory front throughout 2007? Some of these issues are big picture, arising from substantial proposals to change […]

The communications regulatory framework in Europe is based on the principle that most rules should apply only in the case of market failure. Under this approach, if a particular market […]

The next World Radiocommunication Conference will be held by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from late October to early November 2007. Preparation for WRC-07 already is in full swing, and […]